Day 1b of the EAPT Bratislava Main Event Kicks Off at 2:00 P.M.
Just a few hours after the end of Day 1a, Day 1b of the EAPT Bratislava Main Event at Banco Casino is about to start. At 2:00 p.m. local time, new runners will try to qualify for Day 2 and imitate the 10 players out of a field of 68 entrants who found a bag on Day 1a.
After bursting the bubble, Ukraine's Rostyslav Sabishchenko ended up as the chip leader with 715,000 chips, well ahead of Steinn Karlsson (460,000) and Volkan Yucel (287,000). Four other players finished the day with approximately 25-30 big blinds, while Lukasz Fraczek (129,000), Jakov Vinter (120,000), and Krzysztof Zwierz (119,000) ended the day with 15 blinds.
Day 1a Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rostyslav Sabishchenko | Ukraine | 715,000 | 89 |
| 2 | Steinn Karlsson | Iceland | 460,000 | 58 |
| 3 | Volkan Yucel | Turkey | 287,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Vitali Mahileuski | Belarus | 235,000 | 29 |
| 5 | Marko Luksa | Serbia | 231,000 | 29 |
| 6 | Michail Dalakis | Greece | 230,000 | 29 |
| 7 | Ioannis Giannakopoulos | Greece | 192,000 | 24 |
| 8 | Lukasz Fraczek | Poland | 129,000 | 16 |
| 9 | Jakov Vinter | Israel | 120,000 | 15 |
| 10 | Krzysztof Zwierz | Poland | 119,000 | 15 |
Two new flights are scheduled today, Thursday, January 25. The first one, Day 1b, starts at 2:00 p.m. local time with 40,000 chip-starting stacks and 40-minute levels starting on blinds of 100/200 and a 200 big blind ante.
Then Day 1c Turbo kicks off at 8:00 p.m. with levels reduced to 20 minutes. Only one reentry per flight is allowed during the nine levels of late registration, and both days will end when 15% of the field remains.
Stay tuned as PokerNews provides all the live updates throughout the tournament.